Michael wrote: > Tim Wescott wrote: > >> Here's what happens: I'm at thishere, and I know that thatthere is on >> and on the network. >> I do "ping thatthere" and I get told "unknown host thatthere". >> > > thatthere is not in your DNS or /etc/hosts file. > > Try pinging it by its known IP address to confirm. > Then either plug it into DNS or /etc/hosts > > Note, if your search order in /etc/resolv.conf doesn't specify a search order > then you'd need to specify a fully qualified name for thatthere > OK, that's going over my poor little Windows-atrophied head. I can do the running around to ping by IP (although I'm certain it'll work; I can ping other machines that have fixed IP addresses on the net).
Can you give me a quick rundown (or refer me to a web page) on just what to put in /etc/hosts or /etc/resolv.conf? Thanks. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services Voice: 503-631-7815 Cell: 503-349-8432 http://www.wescottdesign.com _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
